SCREAM: Supporting Children's Rights through Education, the Arts and the Media

Young people are a driving force for change. The SCREAM programme aims to promote awareness among young people about children’s rights, with a focus on child labour, so that they in turn can speak out and mobilise their communities to act. Ultimately, SCREAM seeks to change social attitudes to promote a culture of respect for children’s rights and to strengthen the worldwide movement against child labour.

The SCREAM modules are flexible “building blocks.” Activities can be adapted according to the time and resources available and may be part of a year-long education programme or one-off workshops. The modules are generic and can be adapted to any geographical or cultural context and to any formal or non-formal setting. In a number of countries, SCREAM has been linked to or incorporated into national curricula, often with the active involvement of teachers’ trade unions and public education authorities.

SCREAM Education Pack

The SCREAM Education Pack has 14 modules: Basic Information; Collage; Research and Information; Interview and Survey; The image; Role-play; Art Competition; Creative Writing; Debate; Media Radio and Television; Media Press; Drama; World of Work and Community Integration; and also an User’s Guide, International Declarations and Conventions and images of child labour. The Education Pack is available in 21 languages.

SCREAM has been a light in the dark for those who once kept abuse and violence hidden, leading them to speak out against child labour taking place just a few steps from their school. It has given them a voice to denounce hidden acts of violence. It has changed the classroom dynamics and put an end to bullying and discrimination."

Anna Paoli, Teacher, Italy

SCREAM has been a useful tool in identifying and developing talents, exploring the ability, creativity, commitment and motivation among people to take a step towards the growth and development of their communities. All children are creative and have a desire to be seen and heard. Art is that doorway to their inner being.”

Geofrey Nsubuga, SCREAM trainer, Uganda

Children and adolescents have the right play, to read, to learn. They have the right to happiness. Our duty is to guarantee that to them all.”

SCREAM in pictures

Music and theatre performance in which current and former child labourers took part, organised by the NGO Beyond and the ILO for the World Day Against Child Labour. Syrian and Lebanese social workers and art, theatre and music teachers used the SCREAM programme to prepare the children. Lebanon, June 2014.

Drawing by 6 year old child entitled "A child spraying harmful chemicals in a tobacco farm without protective clothing." Songs, drawings and plays were developed using the SCREAM methodology in the context of the ILO-ARISE project. Nkeyewa District, Zambia, September 2014.